undivided attention? being in the courtroom doesn't make you any less distracted or harried. the lawyers are handling multiple cases at the same time. the judge is probably doing crosswords up on the bench. some of the jurors are probably thinking about where to eat for lunch, others decided the case soon as they saw the defendant walk in the courtroom wearing jailhouse orange. and That's just for the 10% of cases that actually make it to trial.